ROM Hack Ninokuni: Shikkoku no Madoushi - Translation Project

pleonex · Aug 1, 2012

Ok guys, news about the translation project.

Hacking part:

The text is always extracted to XML files.

☑ Extract text from scripts (Script editor)
☑ Extract text from Event and Movie folders.
☑ Extract text from System folder.
☑ Extract text from ARM9 and Overlays9 files.
☑ Remove vertical space of furigana.
☑ Add two lines of movies subtitles.
☑ Decrypt / encrypt files (some files inside System folder).
☒ In process. Change keys in the game keyboard.
☒ In process. Import textures files (I have to do it in Tinke).

Screenshot:

Script editor

Furigana vertical space

Double line in subtitles

Spanish translation:
Members

Jefelin: Header, translator.
Ayako: Translator.
Xulikotony: Revisor
Pleonex: Rom hacker

Jefelin record a game play of the full game and they are translating the script following the story order, in this way they got more context and we are able to do frequent test of the current translation.

Progress:

~20% Translated scripts (now translating Goronel city)
2 / 1556 Translated images.
~1% Other text files.

Public patch will be release when the translation is finished. NO BETA PATCH WILL BE RELEASED.
We're testing the translation, but anyway when it's done, we will choose the betatester, please don't ask to be one of them.
I will release the tools when we finish it.

Old video of our first test

[yt]9QHHuYyT3fg[/yt]

As you can see, the spanish translation is in the way, with good progress. I would like to translate this game to english too.

StorMyu · Aug 1, 2012

pleonex said:
Furigana vertical space

Oh you changed the y coordinates ? nice heh

pleonex · Aug 1, 2012

StorMyu said:
pleonex said:

Furigana vertical space

Click to expand...

Oh you changed the y coordinates ? nice heh

Well, actually no. After some time debugging and investigating, I found that the easier way is change the height of the furigana font (rubi8.nftr) because this value is used to get the Y coord of the normal text below. So all the text of the game is now higher and look better (and I got the possibility to add a second line of substitles after changing some code)

qwsed · Aug 1, 2012

Very VERY nice! Keep up the good work guys! Love it!

StorMyu · Aug 2, 2012

pleonex said:
StorMyu said:

pleonex said:

Furigana vertical space

Click to expand...

Oh you changed the y coordinates ? nice heh

Click to expand...

Well, actually no. After some time debugging and investigating, I found that the easier way is change the height of the furigana font (rubi8.nftr) because this value is used to get the Y coord of the normal text below. So all the text of the game is now higher and look better (and I got the possibility to add a second line of substitles after changing some code)

Good Idea, I would have done it the other way around but that's good stuff =p

Permafry_42 · Aug 3, 2012

pleonex said:
As you can see, the spanish translation is in the way, with good progress. I would like to translate this game to english too.

I assume this means that the Spanish translation is taking priority over the English translation then? That's a little disappointing as a native English speaker, but I guess beggars can't be choosers. I can read a bit of Spanish, but probably not enough to understand all the Spanish in this large of a game if it were translated only into Spanish. I'll be busy with the ps3 version either way for a long time, so I guess I don't really mind having to wait a little longer to see the DS version of Ni No Kuni in English. Still, I hope English speakers won't have to wait to much longer due to most of this team focusing on the Spanish translation.

mrgone · Aug 7, 2012

ok, i see the point

pretty awesome news on the editor front
i, on the other side, feel pretty demotivated on translation further parts of the book since the announcement of the wizards edition of the ps3 game with a physical english copy of the book

Permafry_42 · Aug 8, 2012

mrgone said:
i, on the other side, feel pretty demotivated on translation further parts of the book since the announcement of the wizards edition of the ps3 game with a physical english copy of the book

I agree with you there. I think we all know how people will read the book if they don't buy the Wizards's edition. Unless the book has dramatic change, it should be good enough for playing the ds game with.

mrgone · Aug 30, 2012

damn it, i preordered it!
at some point in time, i will have to get a bluray player, and i wont buy a regular bluray player.
(funny thing: one of my friends has a ps3, just for blurays)

weavile001 · Aug 30, 2012

doesnt this game is going to be released in english in some days?

mrgone · Aug 31, 2012

weavile001 said:
doesnt this game is going to be released in english in some days?

not the ds version

Permafry_42 · Aug 31, 2012

mrgone said:
damn it, i preordered it!
at some point in time, i will have to get a bluray player, and i wont buy a regular bluray player.
(funny thing: one of my friends has a ps3, just for blurays)

Great decision =D I remember that I bought a PS3 when it first went down to $299(USD) for the now overdue Kingdom Hearts 3 and Ratchet and Clank. Now, it's all the original ip games like Ni No Kuni, Flower, Journey, and The Unfinished Swan that make me glad to own a PS3. I still want to play the DS version of Ni No Kuni in English very much, but I am glad that the PS3 version was the one chosen to be brought over since it's definitely the superior version of the game. Anyway, I think you made a great choice to get a ps3. Be sure to PM me when you create a psn account so I can add you as a friend.

Muhyo · Sep 3, 2012

On the wiki it says there were complications translating the book and will onlly be released in japenese for ds ps3 gets english though.

Permafry_42 · Sep 3, 2012

Muhyo said:
On the wiki it says there were complications translating the book and will onlly be released in japenese for ds ps3 gets english though.

Well obviously that's not the case anymore since the exact same book is being translated for the wizards edition of the ps3 version. The ds game will probably still stay untranslated though since it's on an outdated platform, which is why this translation project exists.

mrgone · Sep 4, 2012

the complications were that the japanese were not sure the portable game sells with a clunky book

dark_angel · Sep 21, 2012

Hey guys.
If anyone feels like playing an english version of the game.
I've translated the game up till when oliver first enters ninokuni (since that's all i've translated so far).
This is just kind of a one man thing so everything was done by me (i.e. rom hacking(my first time doing it), tranlation and image editing).
I'll probably stop if a team decides to translate the game.
As for runes that come from the book, I have sort of been changing the image on the top screen to show all available runes, but that might be a while.
Screenshots: none for now, you'll just have to trust me that it works, but if you do want some then I can.

The link for the patch file is in the spoiler below.

http://www.mediafire.com/?i3n81djx7r1rof8

patch using xdelta (i.e. xdelta3-3.0.4-x86-32.exe -d -s ninokuni.nds patchfile ninokuni_patched.nds)
(I know I should probably put xdelta in my local path, but I'm lazy

Permafry_42 · Sep 21, 2012

dark_angel said:
Hey guys.
If anyone feels like playing an english version of the game.
I've translated the game up till when oliver first enters ninokuni (since that's all i've translated so far).
This is just kind of a one man thing so everything was done by me (i.e. rom hacking(my first time doing it), tranlation and image editing).
I'll probably stop if a team decides to translate the game.
As for runes that come from the book, I have sort of been changing the image on the top screen to show all available runes, but that might be a while.
Screenshots: none for now, you'll just have to trust me that it works, but if you do want some then I can.

The link for the patch file is in the spoiler below.

http://www.mediafire...i3n81djx7r1rof8

patch using xdelta (i.e. xdelta3-3.0.4-x86-32.exe -d -s ninokuni.nds patchfile ninokuni_patched.nds)
(I know I should probably put xdelta in my local path, but I'm lazy

Thanks! I'm looking forward to playing it once I get home.

mrgone · Sep 21, 2012

dark_angel said:
Hey guys.
If anyone feels like playing an english version of the game.
I've translated the game up till when oliver first enters ninokuni (since that's all i've translated so far).
This is just kind of a one man thing so everything was done by me (i.e. rom hacking(my first time doing it), tranlation and image editing).
I'll probably stop if a team decides to translate the game.
As for runes that come from the book, I have sort of been changing the image on the top screen to show all available runes, but that might be a while.
Screenshots: none for now, you'll just have to trust me that it works, but if you do want some then I can.

The link for the patch file is in the spoiler below.

http://www.mediafire...i3n81djx7r1rof8

patch using xdelta (i.e. xdelta3-3.0.4-x86-32.exe -d -s ninokuni.nds patchfile ninokuni_patched.nds)
(I know I should probably put xdelta in my local path, but I'm lazy

very nice

screen went black during the first video (oliver left the shop, then black)
the video was english subbed though
if i try to skip the video, it just stays at that frame and hangs
tried with the bahamut release

dark_angel · Sep 21, 2012

mrgone said:
very nice

screen went black during the first video (oliver left the shop, then black)
the video was english subbed though
if i try to skip the video, it just stays at that frame and hangs
tried with the bahamut release

That doesn't happen for me it works completely fine.
Tested on :desmume, akrpg(woodrpg), ak2(akaio)

mrgone · Sep 22, 2012

LOOL, it was the AP and my wood was too old, updated to 1.51

/edit
now it crashes when talking to mark, only an "H" appears in the text-box and the music keeps playing
also why is the location called "ho001t" ?

/edit2
does anyone know how to extract the music and convert it to mp3?

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